Handmade Air Dry Clay Mini Cute Calendar!

Hello, I've been thinking about what craft I am going to do with the air-dry clay, which is still unused. So I've been planning for a long time that I wanted to make a mini calendar made by air-dry clay.

I've been experimenting with air-dry clay since last year, and one time I tried to do some complicated craft using it and I failed to finish it because I lost inspiration for it, so this year I promised myself to encourage myself to try again I and I almost feel like I won't do it again.

But I guess from the previous craft I made, I realize I think I am the problem LOL. I think I had no patience before, so that is why. If you want to try air-dry clay, this is my reminder to you that you need to be patient, and you should work as fast as you can, and a spray bottle is the key, LOL.

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Materials I Used:

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Craft Time!

First thing I do is to condition the air-dry clay. What I do is I wet my hand using a water spray bottle and then knead the clay until smooth and This is my reference I drew for the mini calendar I am going to make. My inspiration for this is Bamby from Plave. This is his mascot character.

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And then what I do is I shape and weigh them equally, each part of the character to make it more life easier LOL.

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After that, I am going to connect each part I shaped earlier using this air-dry clay paste I made, just combined water and air-dry clay and melted it into like lotion-like texture. I add the paste and then scrape it using the feather wire texture tool.

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And I do the same step to the other part, and then I connect them, and this is how it looks. It is pretty flat in the moment, so just trust the process.

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Using this loop tool, I scrape out the middle part of the clay, the area where I will add the date for my calendar. Make sure not to scrape too deeply.

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This is what it looks like, and then I fill out some parts too.

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I and then after I added more shape to the character, and then I almost forgot the peach part.

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And then I shape the part for the date.

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And then let it dry for about 2 days.

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Now that the clay is completely dry, I am going to use a rotary detail carver to smooth out the uneven parts.

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Make sure to put a paper towel on my desk to catch the clay dust.

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The clay is smooth now. I am going to color it using acrylic paint. Do not forget to have a glass of water to wash the brush.

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I painted the clay with titanium white first. I did 3 layers of paint.

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Then, after that, I painted the peach.

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Then, the ears, make sure to dry the paint first before adding a layer of paint again.

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Then, after that, I did the leaves from the peach, and then let them dry before proceeding to paint the other part.

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Then I drew the eye on this part, I realized that the acrylic marker is not waterproof when it dried, so I messed it up LOL, but I fixed it.

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I painted the failed face I drew, so I painted it again with acrylic paint, and I decided to add clothes.

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While the character is still drying, I will add the numbers and the month using this black acrylic marker.

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Just let them dry, and we're done.

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I did a little photoshoot, so cute!

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Today is October 10!

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Thank you for visiting, see you on my next blog. :D
Please take care of your mental health as well.
I hope you are okay today :))

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